Joel Stevens
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If I Only Had a Brain

Covers album cover Home recording
If I Only Had A Brain by Jeremy Little      
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgRGXxtsJo0
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Intro: F    A7    Dm7     C7  x2

F                          Dm7         Gm7              C7

I could while away the hours conferrin' with the flowers,
 
F				(F7 8th fret)

Consulting with the rain;
 
Bb7                                 Gm7                     


And my head I'd be a scratchin' 

C7                                 A/C#   (x4535o)           

While my thoughts were surely hatchin'
 
Dm7			C7

If I only had a brain.


F                         Dm7         Gm7              C7

I'd unravel ev'ry riddle for any individdle 
 
F		      (F7 8th fret)

In trouble or in pain

Bb                                 Gm7	

With the thoughts I'd be thinkin', 

C7  

I could be another Lincoln

F		(F7 8th fret)

If I only had a brain.



Bb              Bdim (xx3434)      Am7         D          Gm7     C7      F

Oh, I--could tell you why          - -          the ocean's near the shore,

Gm                          A7                  Dm7	

I could think of things I'd never thunk before,

G7			B7 – C7

And then I'd stop and think some more.


F                         Dm7         Gm7              C7


I would not be just a nuffin', my head all full of stuffin',

F		      (F7 8th fret)		

My heart all full of pain;

    
Bb          Gm7	           C7		A/C#

And perhaps I'd deserve you and be even worthy of you
	
Dm7		A7

If I only had a brain.
   
F			A7

If I only had a brain
   
Dm7		C7

If I only had a brain


F A7 Dm7 C7 outro

Transcribed by ear for my own playing — capos and voicings are what I use, not gospel. ← back to the music